Emergency Services Rush to Medina Blast Site

A suspected suicide bombing struck near the Prophet’s Mosque, a major Islamic pilgrimage site, in Saudi Arabia’s city of Medina on Monday evening, July 4. According to early reports from Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television, two security forces were killed in the blast. After Mecca, Medina is the second holiest city in Islam.

This video, shared by a British travel agent that specialises in Muslim prilgrimages to Saudi Arabia, shows emergency services rushing to the site of the explosion.

Video shared by eyewitnesses of a burning car indicate that the blast may have been due to a car bombing. However, this has not been confirmed.

Earlier, two explosions, at least one of which was caused by a suicide bomber, struck near a mosque in the eastern city of Qatif, home to many of Saudi Arabia’s Shia minority. Credit: Instagram/nooritravel